City of Philadelphia Thursday, February 10, 2022 City Council Calendar PUBLIC COMMENT Please note that this meeting will be held remotely using Microsoft® Teams. This remote session may be viewed on Xfinity Channel 64, Fios Channel 40 or http://phlcouncil. com/watch-city-council/. Public comment may be received with regard to those matters printed on the agenda on the following pages. Speakers interested in participating in public comment must call 215-686-3406 by 3 p. m. on the Wednesday before the Council session and submit the following information: • Full name • Callback telephone number where you can be reached • Identify the bill number or resolution number that will be addressed • State whether you support or oppose that particular bill or resolution.
Speakers who submitted the above information within the required time frame will be telephoned during the council session and invited to the remote meeting. They will have up to three minutes to speak; the Council President, however, reserves the right based on circumstances to establish a different time limit. The Council President may also limit repetitious comments or limit the scope of testimony to only certain items on the agenda, which could affect callbacks for public comment at the meeting. - 1 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 ORDER OF BUSINESS IN A COUNCIL SESSION Note: Some items do not occur at every session: Invocation. Approval of the journal of the preceding meeting. Requests by Councilmembers for permission to be absent from the session. Reading of communications from the Mayor. Introduction of bills and resolutions (to be referred to appropriate Committees of Council). Reports from Committees of Council. Special business. Bills on first reading. Public comment on bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars – titles are printed below. Bills that Council passed but that need to be returned by the Mayor for reconsideration. Consideration of bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars.
Bills and resolutions on the Suspension Calendar. Speeches by Councilmembers. . - 2 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON FINAL PASSAGE 200533 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution calling on Comcast Spectacor to reconsider its naming rights agreement with Wells Fargo based on its history of unethical banking practices. 210396 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution calling on the Sheriff of the City of Philadelphia to request an Order from the President Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania to temporarily stay all mortgage and tax foreclosure sales. 210434 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution calling on the City of Philadelphia to implement minimum force training for all law enforcement officers.
210848 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1604-1608 Page street, 1610 Page street, 1612 Page street, 1614 Page street and 1616 Page street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
210913 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution authorizing City Council to retain legal counsel to file a lawsuit to require the Administration to implement and enforce Bill Number 200425, an ordinance duly enacted by the City Council of Philadelphia which became law on January 28, 2021. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 220012 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution calling on Secretary Xavier Becerra and the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services to reconsider the implementation of a rule instituted by the prior administration that could upend our nation's system of organ procurement, particularly in communities of color, and to include the vast, specific needs of the organ transplant system in analyzing and improving the metrics and outcomes of organ procurement organizations. 220084 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution honoring and congratulating Pennsylvania athletes Summer Britcher, Andrew Heo, and Brian O’Neill, and wishing them well as they compete with Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
220085 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones and Quiñones Sánchez Resolution designating the week of January 30, 2022, to February 5, 2022, as “Catholic Schools Week” in the City of Philadelphia, and further honoring and recognizing Catholic education throughout the City, and all Catholic Schools in the 4th Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia. 220086 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson Resolution recognizing Chad Dion Lassiter for being named Pennsylvania’s 2021 Social Worker of the Year. 220087 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 1537 S. Lambert Street, 1514 S. Opal Street, 1520 S.
Opal Street & 2008 Wilder Street, in the Second Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 220088 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3215, 3217, 3221, 3223 Shelbourne Street; 901, 905 E. Westmoreland Street located in the 7th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code. 220089 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Brooks Resolution honoring the labor and power of “Black Rosie” Ruth “Ruthie” Wilson, whose critical industrial work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, along with six hundred thousand other Black Rosies, helped win World War II and whose labors and wages served as the launching pad of the Black middle class.
220090 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Gauthier and Jones Resolution honoring and celebrating the life and monumental legacy of community and religious leader Imam Asim Abdur-Rashid of Masjid Mujahideen, who passed away on January 29, 2022. 220092 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating Champion of the Week, Beech Community Services, on their development of the Philadelphia Black Biz directory and community engagement in North Philadelphia during the 4th annual Black Business Crawl. 220093 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Squilla and Parker Resolution honoring and recognizing Edward “Ed” McBride, PECO External Affairs Manager on the occasion of his passing.
220095 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution calling on the City of Philadelphia to explore ways to assist residents in maintaining the infrastructure of their property. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 220096 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution declaring “Philadelphia Stands with Ukraine” and urging the White House and the United States Congress to fully support Ukraine amid hostile acts and military build-up along its border from Russia.
210778-AA INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by adding Section 14-532, entitled the “/AHP, Affordable Housing Preservation Overlay District” and making other related changes; to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 39th Street, Ludlow Street, 40th Street, and Market Street; and to establish a temporary demolition moratorium with respect to properties within the aforementioned area; all under certain terms and conditions. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE 200658 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance authorizing the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Upland Way and Berks Street.
210685 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Green, Squilla, Gym, Henon, Gilmore Richardson, Domb, Brooks and Bass An Ordinance amending Subcode “A” (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section A-703, entitled “Special Certificate of Inspection,” to enhance building safety requirements for educational occupancies, all under certain terms and conditions. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, February 10, 2022 210956 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Green, Gauthier and Gilmore Richardson An Ordinance signifying the intention of the City of Philadelphia to organize the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority pursuant to authority established under state law, and amending Chapters 20-600 (“Standards of Conduct and Ethics”), 20-1200 (“Lobbying”), and 17-1400 (“Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance”) of The Philadelphia Code to address ethics, contractual and other requirements applicable to the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority, all under certain terms and conditions.
220003 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Councilmanic Districts,” by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions. 220132 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings regarding Beets, Brine and Salt regarding the recipe for Philadelphia’s Streets in Winter in order to advance our interests in safe roads, healthy streams and good stewardship of resources and the taxpayers funds.
220133 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to better understand the local purchasing goal set by the Administration in response to Council Member Thomas’s Keep it Local bill, to assess the progress made toward that goal, and to offer a forum to discuss best practices in this space going forward to ensure that the City of Philadelphia always looks first to forward its homegrown small and medium sized businesses when making purchasing decisions. - 7 -City of Philadelphia